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Cross-story installation of viscous dampers in timber frame houses for earthquake damage reduction
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 Timber frame structures are commonly used in housing construction that use squared-off timber beams, columns, and walls as lateral load-bearing members.
Yutaka Nakamura, Ryota Matsumura
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Reinforcement of Traditional Timber Frame Walls
, 2021 Timber frame walls are common structural elements adopted in many countries for different purposes. They constitute an important cultural heritage of different parts of the world and the necessity often arises to intervene in such structures for their preservation.
Poletti, Elisa +2 more
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An investigation of timber frame housing in Vietnamese Mekong River Delta
CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable DevelopmentTimber frame housing is one of the most common structures in many countries in the world. In Vietnam, timber frame buildings are well-known for having special whittling techniques that should be considered a lesson for modern methods.
Phi Phuong Pham +3 more
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Sustainable Structures, 2021 The need to satisfy high seismic performance of structures and to comply with the latest worldwide policies of environmental sustainability is leading engineers and researchers to higher interest in timber buildings.
Felice Carlo Ponzo +3 more
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Timber frame buildings with efficient junction designs for earthquake-prone areas [PDF]
Инженерно-строительный журнал, 2019 The object of the study is a timber building of frame type, consisting of timber vertical posts, lower and upper binding, a system of connections (horizontal and vertical), elements of overlap and coating (roof).
T.A. Belash, Zh.V. Ivanova
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Hysteretic Characteristics of Wood-Frame Structures Under Seismic Motions [PDF]
, 2009 In order to develop seismic codes that can effectively mitigate damage to wood-frame construction under seismic activity, the dynamic characteristics of wood-frame buildings must be well understood.
Sutoyo, Daniel
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Modelling, 2023 In 2020, 37% of global CO2eq. emissions were attributed to the construction sector. The major effort to reduce this share of emissions has been focused on reducing the operational carbon of buildings.
José Humberto Matias de Paula Filho +3 more
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Seismic resistance of existing buildings with added light timber structure storeys
Građevinar, 2022 In the presented paper, the problem of vertical expansions is treated in terms of seismic resistance of structures with added storeys. A large parametric study has been performed, confirming the impact of different number of added storeys, and the change
Jurij Jančar +4 more
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Racking performance of platform timber frame walls [PDF]
Platform timber frame construction is considered an efficient building method for multistorey dwellings where timber walls and diaphragms provide the overall stability for the structure to resist lateral forces such as those generated by wind action ...
Dhonju, Roshan Lal
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Application of small-diameter round timber as structural members in light frame construction
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022 Small-diameter round timber is a kind of by-product mainly from the thinning operation of the plantations. It is plentiful and inexpensive, and is generally destined for non-structural applications.
Guofang Wu +4 more
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